Bracket for supporting venetian blinds



C. H. WOOD Filed Sept.- 15, 1945 INVENTOR. 7A/A L A57 H. Waan 3% BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING VENETIANl BLINDS F eb. 6, 1945.

Patented Feb. 6, 1945 UNiTEo sTATEsrATENT ortical BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING VENETIAN BLINDS charles H. Wood, oakland, Calif. Application Septembervl, 1943, Serial No. 502,233

2 Claims. (Cl.

The invention relates to a window frame brackvet or attachment for supporting. within the frame rail and permitting its easy insertion in or `rey.

moval from the frame opening.`

rA further object is to provide a bracket of the character described which may be formed of non-metallic material.

The invention possesses -other objects and fea-- K tures of advantage, some of which, with the fore.

going, will be set forth in the following description of the preferred forms of the invention which are illustrated in the drawing accompanying and forming part of the specication. It is to befunderstood, however, that variations in the showing made by the said drawing and description may be adopted within the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to said drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view of the upper portion of a window frame and blind, showing the snpporting members of the latter operatively held in the bracket of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2, but with a portion of the bracket and the blind members shown detached and removed from the frame opening.

The present invention is a part of the disclsure contained in my copending applicationl Serial No. 452,657, led'July 28, 1942, which matured into Patent No. 2,335,892, on December '7, 1943, and in the present drawing I have illustrated the invention in connection with a Venetian blind of the form shown in said application. The blind as shown is mounted in a frame 5 and lcomprises the usual slats t connected together by tapes l and suspended by such tapes irom a tilt rail 8. Above the rail 8 is positioned a head rail or member 9 through which are threaded the lifting cords I2. Below the rail 8 but above the upper slat is a rail or bar is which serves as a guide for the cords which are arranged yto extend through such bar to the bottom tilt rail (not shown). For a full showing and description of the blind including the above parts, reference may be had to the application aforesaid.

The head member or rail 9 is arranged to be positioned against the upper side4 ill of the frame 5 and may be held in place by` means of screws i6 extending throughv the member and into the side I4. v

For supporting the tilt rail t, there is provided at each of thevsides ll' of the frame a bracket i8, such brackets being formed to pro- .vide bearingsfor the journals i9 provided at the opposite ends of the rail. The brackets are of a novel form and,- are so designed as to permit the easy insertion in, or withdrawal Aof the journals from, the bearings by a simple removal and replacement of a part of the bracket.

As will be seen from the drawing each of the brackets are formed of two sections 2l and 22, which may be of wood or the like and are arranged for positioning on the sides'v il preferably directly under the member 9. The sections 2| and 22 are arranged to be held in juxtaposition and are formed with sides 23 and 24 respectively, y

which interengage one another when the sections are operatively held in association. The sides 23 and 24 are eachformed with angularly related upper and lower portions, the portions of the side 23 being indicated by the numerals 26 and 2l, while the corresponding portions of the side 24 are indicated by the numbers 28 and 29.

At the inner or adjacent-l ends of the side portions and 2l, and the portions 28 and 29, are recesses 3l and 32 whose walls 33 and 34 are formed as continuations of the side portions of the respective sections. Each oi the walls k33 and 34 are in the form of segments of substantially so that when the sides 23 and 24 are interengaged in operative relation, the walls 33 and 34 will provide a cylindrical bearing for the tiltrail journals. The sections are arranged to be held in place with the side portions 26 and 28 vertically disposed and with the section 2l adjacent what may be the outer side oi the frame opening. Attachment of the sections 2| and 22 in position, may be effected by means of screws 22 in place. AS Willbe clearly seen from Figures 3 and 4, the wall 33 is extended at the bottom slightly forwardly beyond the vertical center line of the arc circle so that the seti-on 2| may form the main support for the journal temporarily without the help of section 22. The portion 2l of section 2| is at an obtuse angle to the portion 26, thus providing for ample material under the L y bottom of wal1'33, and at the same time providing a guide surface for the rail journal in moving the latter into or out of therecess. Preferably the side portion 26 is located somewhat rearwardly of the center of the arc circle aforesaid so that notwithstanding the extension of the recess wall at the bottom, 'the arc of the Walls of each section may be substantially 180'.

lThe rail or bar I3 is arranged to be releasably supported in brackets 4l xed to the sides l1 of the frame and are provided with recesses V112 in which the ends of the rails are seated. The upper side of the recesses are open to permit the insertion or withdrawal ofthe bars from the brackets,

and in orderto permit the insertion or removal of the bars through the frame, the bottom of the brackets yI8 and the top of the brackets 4I are spaced Sufficient to permit the passage of the bars therebetween. j

With all of the parts of the blind in position as shown in Figure 1, should it Vbe desired to remove the blind from the openingy for repair or other reasons, it is merely necessary to release the screws I6 from the frame, withdraw the screws 31 suicient to release the sections 22 and then detach such sections, and then lift the rail I 3 from the recess 42. The blind may then be moved as a unit forwardly through the frame opening, as shown in Figure 4. To .replace the plementary angularly related portion provided at their juncture with recesses defining together a blind in the frame the parts are moved Vback into their operative positions-in the frame or brackets and the head member and sections 22 secured back into place. Preferably sections 2| and 22 are positioned to lie suiciently below the 4head member to permit the latter to bev readily fitted into or removed from position under the frame top.

I claim:

sections having interengaging sides with a comsubstantially cylindrical bearing for the rail journal, means to relatively permanently fix one of said sections, the .other section being releasably 'held in operative position relative to the rst sec tion.

2. In a :bracket for supporting a journal of a tilt rail of a, Venetian blind, a4 pair of separable sections having intertting sides provided with complementary angulated portions with recesses at the inner ends of said portions, said recess having semi-circular Walls contiguous with said portions and providing a cylindrical bearing for Said journal, each of said sections having one of said intertting sides vertically disposed and one of said sections having its angulated portion forming an obtuse angl-e with its said vertical side, and the other of said sections having its said portion forming with its said vertical side an obtuse angle complementary to said rst obtuse angle, the sec- 

